Improvement in grain-wagons



4D, WARNOCK.

Improvement in Grain Wagons.

Patentedlan.23,18l72.

Millie. .lyre/fag UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID WARNOCK, OF CHAMIPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,065, dated January23, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID WARNCCK, of Champaign, in the county ofLivingston and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements inGrain-Wagons, of which the Ibllowing is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to doors to be applied to the bottoms ofgrain-wagons, to facilitate the discharge or unloading of the grain; andconsists in a metal door and frame adapted for application to allordinary wagons, and intended to be put into the market as an article ofsale, so that they may be obtained and applied by the owners of Wagons.

Figure lis a bottom plan view of a wagon-body having one of my doorsapplied thereto. Fig'.

2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the saine on the line x xof Fig. 1.

In the drawing', A represents a small metal door, hinged in a iiat metalframe, B, so as to shut closely therein. The door is provided with atongue or hasp, a., and the fra-me with a staple, b, over which thetongue a fits when the door is closed, so that the door may be fastenedby inserting la pin or key through the staple, as shown, and the frameis also provided with a series of holes to receive screws for fasteningit in place.

In applying my door a hole of less size than the door is cut through thebottom of the wagon-body at any desired point7 and then the frame Bapplied to the underside of the body around the hole and screwed fast,so that when the door A is closed it will cover the hole. A block, C, isthen secured to the upper side of the door, so as to t snugly into thehole or opening' in the body and ll the same up flush with the inside ofthe body. The block thus fitting' into and filling the hole preventsdirt from lodging therein when the wagon is being used for otherpurposes, leaves a smooth flush bottom inside, which is frequentlynecessary, and prevents the grain from escaping. The escape of thegrain, in case it works down around the blocks C, is prevented by thedoor, which being larger than the opening in the body, extends outwardand covers the joint around the block.

It will be seen that where a wagon has its body provided with one of mydoors the grain may be discharged by simply opening the door andallowing' the grain to iiow down through the opening, a little grain inthe corners of the body requiring, of course, to be shoveled up to theopening. In this manner the labor' of shoveling the grain into measuresor receptacles and then lifting them from the wagon by hand in the usualmanner is avoided, and the grain also unloaded in less time. Thereceptacles may be placed under the opening so as to have the grain fallinto them, or a trough may be arranged from the opening to thereceptacle or bin at one side of the Wagon. The door and frame may bemade of any size and forni desired, and of any suitable material,cast-iron being, however, preferred. It is also obvious that instead ofthe hinged door the frame may be provided with a sliding' door, but theformer is preferred.

The doors made on my plan may be applied by any person of ordinaryability to any of the ordinary wagons in a few minutes.

I am aware that wagons have been heretofore made, having their bottomsprovided with doors, and also with their entire bottoms hinged; but inall such cases the wagons were con structed with especial reference tothe application of such doors or bottoms, and were heavy and expensive;and, moreover, could not be fitted and kept tight enough to prevent theleakage of the grain.

It is evident that instead of lia'vingthe frame surrounding the door, asshown, the door may be provided simply with two hinges, and the staplefor fastening it driven into the body of the wagon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- As a new article ofmanufacture, the frame B provided with the door A, adapted forapplication to grain-wagons, as setforth.

Vitnesses: DAVID WARN OOK.

SAMUEL PATToN, J. A. STANLY.

